Martyn Amos
@martynamos.bsky.social
Dad, Northumbria University Prof & interim Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor, author, speaker, #ITFC fan, runner, & maker of lists. I study the power of collectives, from molecules to cells, social insects & humans (crowds).
http://martynamos.org
http://martynamos.org
Reposted by Martyn Amos
What a horror show 👻 These pavement parking pics are truly petrifying! Have you seen any cars creeping onto kerbs lately?
We need your help in finding the most shocking pavement parking hotspots 📍 Click here to add your photos ☠️ http://bit.ly/3KALJKl
We need your help in finding the most shocking pavement parking hotspots 📍 Click here to add your photos ☠️ http://bit.ly/3KALJKl
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
What a horror show 👻 These pavement parking pics are truly petrifying! Have you seen any cars creeping onto kerbs lately?
We need your help in finding the most shocking pavement parking hotspots 📍 Click here to add your photos ☠️ http://bit.ly/3KALJKl
We need your help in finding the most shocking pavement parking hotspots 📍 Click here to add your photos ☠️ http://bit.ly/3KALJKl
Reposted by Martyn Amos
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
🧵
🧵
The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
🧵
🧵
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Three things that are probably worth knowing about the 'Stanford top 2% scientists' metric that people are sharing.
1. It's based on a rather subjective 'C-score', where:
1. It's based on a rather subjective 'C-score', where:
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Three things that are probably worth knowing about the 'Stanford top 2% scientists' metric that people are sharing.
1. It's based on a rather subjective 'C-score', where:
1. It's based on a rather subjective 'C-score', where:
Reposted by Martyn Amos
GLENN: You look fabulous in that suit
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
August 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
GLENN: You look fabulous in that suit
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
Reposted by Martyn Amos
47% of Britons think there are more “illegal” immigrants in the UK than legal immigrants, despite only making up 4% of the overall figures!
My latest article with exclusive research outlines how the UK are being sold a lie….
www.jacobbarclayevans.com/how-4-of-mig...
My latest article with exclusive research outlines how the UK are being sold a lie….
www.jacobbarclayevans.com/how-4-of-mig...
How 4% of Migrants have Become a National Obsession.
According to YouGov, 47% of Britons believe there are more "illegal" Migrants than "Legal" Arriving in the UK despite "illegal immigration" representing only 4% of the numbers. Why is this?
www.jacobbarclayevans.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
47% of Britons think there are more “illegal” immigrants in the UK than legal immigrants, despite only making up 4% of the overall figures!
My latest article with exclusive research outlines how the UK are being sold a lie….
www.jacobbarclayevans.com/how-4-of-mig...
My latest article with exclusive research outlines how the UK are being sold a lie….
www.jacobbarclayevans.com/how-4-of-mig...
Faithless and Orbital in Scarborough last night... So good...
August 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Faithless and Orbital in Scarborough last night... So good...
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Following our AGM today, we have published our Annual Report 2024/25. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved against a challenging backdrop for us and other charities in the sector. 🧵
July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Following our AGM today, we have published our Annual Report 2024/25. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved against a challenging backdrop for us and other charities in the sector. 🧵
BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances
July 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Decent dunk from the Guardian on Man U here
June 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Decent dunk from the Guardian on Man U here
Watching the ongoing Musk/Trump feud, if someone doesn't do a "GOP Will Eat Itself" headline I'll be very disappointed.
June 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Watching the ongoing Musk/Trump feud, if someone doesn't do a "GOP Will Eat Itself" headline I'll be very disappointed.
Reposted by Martyn Amos
May 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Wordle 1,421 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Let's just say I have a good STARTER word.
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Let's just say I have a good STARTER word.
May 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Wordle 1,421 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Let's just say I have a good STARTER word.
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Let's just say I have a good STARTER word.
Reposted by Martyn Amos
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
@ljross.bsky.social Hi, just wanted to let you know that my late dad (Ridley Amos) designed and built the Poison Garden gates on the cover of your book. Was really cool to see them on there, he'd be quietly delighted.
April 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@ljross.bsky.social Hi, just wanted to let you know that my late dad (Ridley Amos) designed and built the Poison Garden gates on the cover of your book. Was really cool to see them on there, he'd be quietly delighted.
Today I learned that the keyboard player from the **Levellers** starred in the BBC sitcom **Birds of a Feather** (Pauline Quirke, et al...)
a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck sweater is holding his hands to his head .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck sweater is holding his hands to his head .
media.tenor.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today I learned that the keyboard player from the **Levellers** starred in the BBC sitcom **Birds of a Feather** (Pauline Quirke, et al...)
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Northumbria's Professor Arlene Astell will lead one of four new dementia research networks announced today, funded by EPSRC and @nihr.bsky.social and in partnership with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
Transforming dementia support through technology network
Researchers have been awarded £1.6 million to develop a network which will support people living with dementia by connecting existing technology and services, as well as developing new innovations.
www.northumbria.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Northumbria's Professor Arlene Astell will lead one of four new dementia research networks announced today, funded by EPSRC and @nihr.bsky.social and in partnership with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Martyn Amos
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Reposted by Martyn Amos
A giant 'megaberg' which has broken off Antarctica and drifted towards a remote island has been a source of huge scientific interest. @andyshepherd.bsky.social told @skynewsrss.bsky.social how he uses satellites to monitor and study ice sheets and icebergs through his work with @cpom-uk.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A giant 'megaberg' which has broken off Antarctica and drifted towards a remote island has been a source of huge scientific interest. @andyshepherd.bsky.social told @skynewsrss.bsky.social how he uses satellites to monitor and study ice sheets and icebergs through his work with @cpom-uk.bsky.social
This looks great!
It exists! My new book is out later this year with Reaktion Books.
If you are famous and/or a public intellectual and want to review it/provide a pull quote, DM.
#ProtestHistory #Commons
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
If you are famous and/or a public intellectual and want to review it/provide a pull quote, DM.
#ProtestHistory #Commons
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Contested Commons | Reaktion Books
A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over...
reaktionbooks.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This looks great!
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Mark E. Smith was #bornonthisday. Smith’s advice on becoming an artist from the book ‘Renegade’…
March 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Mark E. Smith was #bornonthisday. Smith’s advice on becoming an artist from the book ‘Renegade’…
Reposted by Martyn Amos
Some nice reflections here, especially Stephe Reicher on the effects of pessimistic individualism, @will-davies.bsky.social on the loss of spaces of ambiguity in universities, and @rachelshabi.bsky.social on mutual aid and its persistence:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Five years on from the pandemic, how has Covid changed our world? | The panel
We asked a group of experts on politics, trade, literature, psychology, work and more: what has been the most surprising or shocking consequence of Covid-19 in your field?
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Some nice reflections here, especially Stephe Reicher on the effects of pessimistic individualism, @will-davies.bsky.social on the loss of spaces of ambiguity in universities, and @rachelshabi.bsky.social on mutual aid and its persistence:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...